A local pub has warned members of the public to take their rubbish home with them after it took five staff members an hour to clean up huge amounts of rubbish from a Devon beach.

(Image: Facebook/The Ship Inn)

The Ship Inn in Teignmouth wrote a Facebook post after the sunny weather last weekend bought people in their droves to the popular beach, but were appalled to see the amount of litter left on Back Beach.

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Five members of staff from the pub spent an hour clearing the rubbish from the beach, and wrote that they ‘expected better from the general public’.

(Image: Facebook/The Ship Inn)

In the Facebook post, they wrote: “Hello everyone, as you are all aware we had a beautiful weekend with fabulous weather which understandably brought out the masses. We hope you all had an enjoyable time in the sun and on the beach, however this note has a bitter sweet end to it.

(Image: Facebook/The Ship Inn)

“We would like to share these images to hopefully remind you that when having fun on our lovely back beach that it should be your responsibility to clean up after yourselves.

(Image: Facebook/The Ship Inn)

“It took five members of staff an hour to clean up the back beach and the quay on Friday evening. After all of the press over the last few months about keeping our environment clean and our beaches plastic free we expected better from the general public.

(Image: Facebook/The Ship Inn)

“Please respect your beaches and the place we call home. Take all your rubbish with you and leave only footprints.”